Dr. Will Wright

Senior Researcher & NOHA Communications and Public Relations Manager

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Address

Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) Bochumer Fenster, 6th/7th floor Massenbergstr. 11 44787 Bochum Germany

Nationality

US American

Research Interests

International Relations, International Humanitarian Law, Public International Law

Education

11/2017-12/2022

PhD International Development Studies at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE), Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany

09/2014-12/2015

NOHA Joint Master in International Humanitarian Action at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Centre for Humanitarian Action at the University College Dublin

08/2011-05/2014

B.A. in International Affairs with a Concentration in European and Eurasian Studies from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Work Experience and other Activities

08/2016-09/2019

NOHA Programme Coordinator, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Since 07/2019

Communications and Administrative Manager for the Network on Humanitarian Action, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

01 - 08/2016

Project Officer for the Network on Humanitarian Action, Brussels, Belgium

06 - 12/2015

Intern for the Network on Humanitarian Action, Brussels, Blegium

10/2011 - 08/2014

Reception and Media Technician, Goethe Institut, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

10/2013 - 08/2014

Military Initiatives Intern, Points of Light, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

03/2014 - 05/2014

Research Intern, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

12/2012 - 10/2013

Assistant Sudan Program Manager, Atlas Corps, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

Most recent Publications

2016

Editor: “One Humanity: Shared Responsibility – A European Perspective”, Final Document from the European Humanitarian Roundtables from NOHA and the European Commission Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection

06/2020

Bofax, "'No quarter for insurrectionists' The troubling international legal implications of the political response to the Black Lives Matter protests", https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/no-quarter-for-insurrectionists/

02/2021

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN?: What can the humanitarian community expect from the Biden administration?, The Humanitarian Blog, https://www.chaberlin.org/en/blog/4277/

08/2022

Imploding Protection Through Exploding Norms?: The Amnesty International Report and the Broader Debate on Armed Conflict in Populated Areas, Völkerrechtsblog, 12.08.2022, doi: 10.17176/20220812-181522-0.

11/2022

A FAILURE TO LISTEN – HOW AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S UKRAINE REPORT IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE ISSUES OF MEANINGFUL LOCALISATION, The Humanitarian Blog, https://www.chaberlin.org/en/blog/a-failure-to-listen-how-amnesty-internationals-ukraine-report-is-symptomatic-of-the-issues-of-meaningful-localisation/

07/2023

Dissecting the Debate on Cluster Munitions, Völkerrechtsblog, 21.07.2023, doi: 10.17176/20230721-132017-0.

12/2023

Norm Clusters of Non-State Armed Groups: Mapping and Understanding the Limits of Warfare as Understood by Non-State Armed Groups, Springer Cham, ISBN: 978-3-031-45913-9

Grants and Awards

09/2010-07/2011

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Programme in Essen, Germany

08/2011-05/2014

Presidential Scholarship at the George Washington University

07/2008-08/2008

National Security Language Initiative Arabic Scholar in Morocco

Language Skills

English (Mother Tongue)
German (Fluent)
Arabic (Beginner)
French (Beginner)